Chapter 2 of The house without windows & Eepersip's life there is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The house without windows & Eepersip's life there is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But he didn't come back. She waited and waited and often called, but he did not appear. "What can have happened to my little friend?" she thought. At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went. She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
Chapter 2 of The house without windows & Eepersip's life there is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “She waited and waited and often called, but he did not appear.”
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading “At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went.”
a long narrow depression in a surface
From this reading “She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.”
made afraid
From this reading “She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “"What can have happened to my little friend?" she thought.”
past form of “plunge” — thrust or throw into
From this reading “She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.”
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “She waited and waited and often called, but he did not appear.”
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading “She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.”
be restored
In this reading “But he didn't come back.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
In this reading “At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She waited and waited and often called, but he did not appear.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading She waited and waited and often called, but he did not appear.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading But he didn't come back.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he didn't come back.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading She waited and waited and often called, but he did not appear.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "What can have happened to my little friend?" she thought.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But he didn't come back.
a long narrow depression in a surface
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She waited and waited and often called, but he did not appear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But he didn't come back.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "What can have happened to my little friend?" she thought.
made afraid
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading "What can have happened to my little friend?" she thought.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "What can have happened to my little friend?" she thought.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he didn't come back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
immediately past
From this reading At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "What can have happened to my little friend?" she thought.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "What can have happened to my little friend?" she thought.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She waited and waited and often called, but he did not appear.
many times at short intervals
From this reading She waited and waited and often called, but he did not appear.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went.
past form of “plunge” — thrust or throw into
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She waited and waited and often called, but he did not appear.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "What can have happened to my little friend?" she thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "What can have happened to my little friend?" she thought.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading She waited and waited and often called, but he did not appear.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading At last she set out to look for him, calling as she went.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What can have happened to my little friend?" she thought.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading She looked in every crevice, to see whether something had frightened him and he had plunged into some hiding-place.
Chapter 2 of The house without windows & Eepersip's life there by Barbara Newhall Follett holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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